When in sleep paralysis, or in that very relaxed state "inbetween" sleep and wakefulness, I can create some pretty cool 3-dimensional imagery. The "blackness" become a canvas on which to create scenes.

I believe a common "mistake" during sleep paralysis is to become overly-vigilant of the state. Relax into the sleep paralysis and try to project imagery.. rather than having your alert mind pull your more toward full wakefulness, try to let it pull you more toward dreaming.. and you may be able to re-enter dreaming with lucidity intact.

I'm not much of an authority on induction techniques.. I've just alway been able to go from wakefulness to sleep paralysis to dreaming with lucidity intact throughout. If we label wakefulness as (a), sleep paralysis as (B), and dreaming as ©, the induction route from wakefulness to lucid dreaming is A to B to C. The alternate is C to B to A... not what we want! The goal is to learn how to go from C to B to C.

Easier to describe that to learn.. practice practice.